Monday, March 16, 2009

3/16 mirror.co.uk - Dieting - Latest dieting news & features




Mirror Diets: Don't let your job make you fat!
March 15, 2009 at 8:00 pm

Desk jobs, coffee runs and birthday cakes can make working life a minefield if you're dieting. Here's how to ensure the 9-to-5 doesn't sabotage your slimming plan...


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Denmark pays compensation to night shift women with cancer
March 16, 2009 at 4:26 am

Denmark has begun paying compensation to women who developed breast cancer after working night shifts.

Botox injections could make people depressed study suggests
March 16, 2009 at 4:13 am

Botox injections could make people feel depressed researchers have warned.


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Budget woes cut health care for illegal immigrants (AP)
March 15, 2009 at 6:10 pm

Graciela Barrios gets ready to check her blood sugar at her home in Sacramento, Calif., on Saturday, March 14, 2009. Barrios is an undocumented immigrant that relies on her county health clinic for the tests and medication for her diabetes and may lose this help due to budget-related cuts to county health care services. (AP Photo/Steve Yeater)AP - Graciela Barrios, an undocumented immigrant, has long relied on her Sacramento County health clinic for the advice, medication and tests that keep her diabetes under control.


Possible therapy takes bite out of peanut allergy (AP)
March 15, 2009 at 4:50 pm

Ashlyn Chadwick, 4, and her mother Karen listen to Dr. Wesley Burks discuss Ashlyn's peanut allergies at the Duke South Clinic at Duke University in Durham, N.C., Tuesday, March 10, 2009. A handful of children once severely allergic to peanuts now can eat them without worry. Scientists have retrained their immune systems so they're allergy-free. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)AP - Scientists have the first evidence that life-threatening peanut allergies may be cured one day.


Alzheimer's Drug May Someday Help Head Trauma Victims (HealthDay)
March 15, 2009 at 2:02 pm

HealthDay - SUNDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- A new class of Alzheimer's disease drugs may prevent long-term damage from traumatic brain injury, suggests a study of mice by Georgetown University Medical Center researchers.

Child's Food Allergies Take Toll on Family Plans (HealthDay)
March 15, 2009 at 2:02 pm

HealthDay - SUNDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- Two new reports show that food allergies can be a burden on a family's finances and even its vacation plans.